{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-473.397","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.397","heading":"Classification of claims and statutory allowances.","body":"All claims and statutory allowances against the estate of a decedent shall be divided into the following classes:\n(1) Costs;\n(2) Expenses of administration;\n(3) Exempt property, family and homestead allowances;\n(4) Funeral expenses;\n(5) Debts and taxes due the United States of America;\n(6) Debts for medical assistance owed to the state of Missouri under section 473.398;\n(7) Expenses of the last sickness, wages of servants, claims for medicine and medical attendance during the last sickness, and the reasonable cost of a tombstone;\n(8) Debts and taxes due the state of Missouri, any county, or any political subdivision of the state of Missouri;\n(9) Judgments rendered against the decedent in his lifetime and judgments rendered upon attachments levied upon property of decedent during his lifetime;\n(10) All other claims not barred by section 473.360.","path":["Title XXXI - TRUSTS AND ESTATES OF DECEDENTS AND PERSONS UNDER DISABILITY","Chapter 473 - Probate Code — Administration of Decedents' Estates"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=473.397","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:28Z","sha256":"c9d1fcad82a424151fefb9e5279cc2df88569d6534d5f069eb76815d21f54afc","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-473.393","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-473.398"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}